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Many synchrotron experiments using X-ray fluorescence techniques are currently limited by the sensitivity of dedicated detectors. Indeed, in this type of experiments, key parameters for the detector (...)

Since 2018, UNESCO has declared that May 16 is the International Day of Light. For this fourth edition, SOLEIL opens its doors and the inside of the accelerator for an evening of visits and (...)

Metalloporphyrins are large molecules (fig. 1) whose cyclic structure includes a metal atom. Their role, essential in biological processes, depends mainly on the nature of the metal they contain: for (...)

For the penultimate episode of this series, we meet again Julie Gordon, doctoral student at the MONARIS laboratory and at the SOLEIL synchrotron, who is finalizing her research work on the alteration (...)

Lunéville château, aka the "Versailles of Lorraine", built in sandstone of the region, has had an eventful history marked by several fires. The most recent one, in 2003, was devastating, destroying (...)

The largest and most diverse family of enzymes are the so-called radical SAM enzymes. They catalyse a large number of major biochemical reactions often unprecedented in living cells, notably for the (...)

The invention and diffusion of copper and bronze metallurgy in Europe constituted a true technical innovation for societies in the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. On the archaeological sites of (...)

The improvement of the CoVid-19 situation allows us to welcome visitors again to Synchrotron SOLEIL! General audience, scholars and any other curious person are invitied to visit the French (...)

Scientists from France, Germany and Italy, in collaboration with the PROXIMA-2A beamline, have designed a new class of active molecules that inhibit one of the major mechanisms involved in the (...)

Iridium oxide is the key catalyst for the production of green hydrogen through water electrolysis in acid but it is very rare and expensive. In order to optimize its use as an electrocatalyst, it is (...)

On Friday January 28, 2022, we learned, with a profound sadness, of the passing of François Baudelet, Director of Research at CNRS and in charge of the ODE beamline at the SOLEIL Synchrotron.

Microscopic imaging of the brain to identify diseases has traditionally relied on histology, where the brain tissue is embedded into paraffin wax and thinly sliced for investigation under a microscope (...)